#theguardian.com. US salsa legend Willie Colón, vocalist, trombonist and composer, dies aged 75. Colón’s music combined jazz, rock and salsa, incorporating rhythms from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil and Africa
#Feb.21.2026
#theguardian.com. Ebo Taylor obituary. Ghanaian guitarist, arranger, singer-songwriter and cult hero who rose to fame outside Africa only late in life
#Feb.13.2026
#theguardian.com. Ebo Taylor, Ghanaian highlife pioneer and guitarist, dies age 90. Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history
#Feb.09.2026
#bbc.com. Ebo Taylor: Influential highlife and afrobeat musician dies at 90. The guitarist, composer and band leader fused Ghanaian music and funk to create tracks sampled around the world.
#Feb.08.2026
#bbc.com. Why countries like Ghana, Benin and Guinea are courting African American stars. Ciara and Samuel L Jackson are among the big names who have become citizens of African countries in recent years.
#Feb.07.2026
#bbc.com. Tyla beats Burna Boya and Davido to African Grammy. The 24-year-old bagged her second-ever Grammy beating three Nigerians and a Ugandan.
#Feb.02.2026
#aljazeera.com. Fela Kuti becomes first African to get Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti has become the first African artist to receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
#Feb.01.2026
#bbc.com. Ifunanya Nwangene: Aspiring Nigerian singer dies after snakebite in Abuja. Ifunanya Nwangene, a former contestant in The Voice Nigeria, died after not getting the antivenom she needed.
#Feb.01.2026
#aljazeera.com. Fela Kuti becomes first African to get Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award. Award for late Afrobeat pioneer and political radical is the 'anti-establishment being recognised by the establishment'.
#Feb.01.2026
#bbc.com. Fela Kuti to receive Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award. Almost 30 years after he died, the Nigerian will posthumously receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.
#Jan.30.2026
#bbc.com. IShowSpeed in Africa: US YouTube star gets Ghanaian passport. Ghana's foreign minister says the influencer is a "worthy ambassador", but some Ghanaians criticised the move.
#Jan.28.2026
#bbc.com. Uganda's internet shutdown: Slashed incomes and gamers go cold turkey. The internet was shut during the general election, leaving many people without any income - or entertainment.
#Jan.22.2026
#bbc.com. IShowSpeed: YouTube star touches hearts in Africa during first tour. "I love the love in Africa. The energy here is crazy," he says on his maiden tour of the continent.
#Jan.18.2026
#aljazeera.com. Why is Nicki Minaj talking about Nigeria’s Christians?. Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj is the latest high-profile figure to speak out on violence against Nigeria's Christians.
#Nov.19.2025
#bbc.com. Nicki Minaj at the UN: Christians in Nigeria are ‘driven from their homes and killed’. The US-based Trinidadian rapper addressed the UN in New York alongside Trump administration officials, making claims that lack evidence.
#Nov.19.2025
#theguardian.com. Nicki Minaj to spotlight plight of Nigerian Christians in UN speech arranged by White House. Rapper to give address on Tuesday after supporting Trump’s post condemning Nigerian government
#Nov.17.2025
#theguardian.com. ‘We can talk through our art’: the Malian festival uniting the Sahel’s people. In a region fractured by jihadists and coups, Ségou’Art shows ‘we share our culture, even if politics divides us’
#Mar.27.2025
#theguardian.com. Where to start with: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The award-winning Nigerian author and Beyoncé-sampled essayist is back with her first novel in a decade, which makes now a great time to get to know her work
#Mar.19.2025
#theguardian.com. The Long Wave: From aseeda to Vimto, Ramadan traditions across the diaspora. In my experience, to fast in a non-majority Muslim country is to withdraw into a type of social hermitage. Plus, 100 years of Black British music
#Mar.12.2025
#theguardian.com. Janet Suzman on Athol Fugard: A writer of true integrity has gone. The actor recalls her interactions with one of South Africa’s greatest playwrights
#Mar.09.2025
#theguardian.com. ‘We are one people’: Soca stars including Machel Montano highlight Caribbean’s connection to Africa. Trinidad and Tobago and its neighbors mix music genres in a fast-growing transatlantic artistic exchange
#Mar.09.2025
#theguardian.com. The Long Wave: Trinidad and Tobago carnival celebrates African roots. Soca veterans join forces with Afrobeats stars as the diaspora strengthens ties with the motherland. Plus, Angela Davis heads to London
#Mar.05.2025
#theguardian.com. ‘The killers I met in jail didn’t scare me’: singer Rokia Traoré on why prison was ‘a privilege’. After serving time in Paris, Rome and Brussels, the Malian star is ready to perform again – and planning a book and a stage show about her fellow inmates and her own prison experiences
#Feb.26.2025
#bbc.com. John Legend: US star defends Rwanda concert amid DR Congo war. 'We shouldn't punish people when we disagree with their leaders', he told the BBC.
#Feb.24.2025
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